10 year prison sentence imposed; Firoved could be held indefinitely

BY LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF

Published 1:57 pm, Tuesday, November 5, 2013

A Kirkland man caught trying to rape his girlfriend’s daughter is headed to state prison.

Convicted following a jury trial in King County Superior Court, Ryan D. Firoved was undone after bragging to his girlfriend about having sex with other children.

Firoved, a 37-year-old married father and convicted child rapist, arrived at a Kirkland motel room expecting to rape his girlfriend’s child. Instead, Firoved was greeted by police alerted by the woman.

According to court papers, the girl’s mother contacted Kirkland police in late June 2012 and reported her concerns about messages and comments from Firoved, whom she was dating at the time.

The woman told police Firoved told her three months before that he’d raped a 12-year-old girl while on a trip. In the months that followed, Firoved made graphic sexual comments and claims about several other young girls.

When the woman disapproved, Firoved attempted to explain himself.

“I guess you could say I’m a pedophile, but at least I’m not a predator,” Firoved said, according to the woman’s account. “People come to me and I make it consensual.”

According to charging documents, the woman went to police when Firoved suggested he should “make it consensual” with her young daughter.

The woman gave police a series of graphic text messages sent by Firoved. In the days following her report to police, the woman continued to play along with Firoved as police listened in.

On the call, Firoved was initially very concerned – rightfully, of course – that police were listening in on the call. After some time, though, he began detailing sex acts he wanted to perform on the woman’s child.

Firoved and the woman arranged to meet at a motel where Firoved believed he would have sex with the girl. He was arrested while arriving at the room following a brief struggle with police.

Speaking with police, Firoved denied ever considering having sexual contact with the girl and said he’d come to the motel to break up with the woman.

“It is made up, sick and a fantasy, but at the end of the day I never touched anyone,” Firoved told detectives, according to charging papers.

Firoved was already under investigation by the regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force run through the Seattle Police Department. According to court documents, Firoved responded to an advertisement posted online by officers posing as a young girl hoping to have sex with an older man.

On Oct. 9, a King County jury convicted Firoved of attempted first-degree child rape. Superior Court Judge Douglass North on Friday sentenced Firoved to 10 years in prison; the sentence allows state Department of Corrections officials to hold Firoved indefinitely if they believe he continues to pose a risk to children.

Firoved is currently jailed in King County. An appeal is expected.

Court records show Firoved’s wife filed for divorce in March. Proceedings are ongoing in the matter.